Final Exam-Article Reviews

1. To find this article, I just opened up the Clark library page, went to the Online Resources tab, and then opened up articles and databases. I went to Ebsco Host and typed in the author’s name. His article popped up right on top.

2. This one was a bit more complicated to find because there was so many results. I found the domain name after pasting the authors name on Google and scrolling down to what I figured was it. Then it took me to the Guardian webpage and I scrolled down to find this article.

3. The first article by Merrill Distad looks very credible. The “A” is already shown for the author, “S”, this author looks like he uses many in text sources and it looks like it this article is part of a book, so the bibliography should be at the end. “P”, the purpose of this article seems very straight forward. He is informing the audience about how print books are important. “E”, it looks like he talks an even amount about both sides of the story and “C” and “T” is accurate as well, he covers one topic and it was published recently.

The second article by Ewan Morrison seems a bit sketchy. I do not know what the Guardian is or much about it. It seems like a magazine or news page. I do see there is an author, but no sources because it seems like an interview. I do see the purpose he is trying to get, but the “E” and “C” are poor. The article rambles on about so many different topics and does not really get a good argument going. “T” seems accurate, it was published in 2011.

4. Ewan Morrison writes his article, “Are books dead, and can authors survive?” in an interesting manner. His main points in this argument are to get through to people that books and other history may be coming to an end, or evolve into newer, greater things. He says e-books are the new books, and technology has advanced so much that many of these once paid for objects, are now free. Morrison talks about the decreasing salary of not only authors, but many companies and individuals because of piracy, availability, and the Long Tail, which he calls companies like Amazon, I-Tunes, Netflix, and EBay (Morrison). The idea that all these creations of history may someday disappear makes Morrison wonder about how people will make a living.

   Morrison gave quotes from people in different industries about how this change in technology has cost decrease in production, salaries, and profit. He states that over 69% of people are committing piracy, which means that percentage of companies or industries are losing profit (Morrison). Morrison also makes the point that the biggest profited companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple, are providing free content, while advertisers are buying free space to sell stuff to us. Therefore, these big non-profit companies that do not sell anything, will provide entertainment for us, last a long time, and advertisers will sell through them. Books will become intertwined with this free entertainment, and may even evolve into a new era technology of books.  
~Kendra~

Unit 10-Creating A Webpage

Webpage URL: http://letteraday.org/students/kbollman.html

Summary: WOW, just have to say I can almost completely understand how pages are created and uploaded to the internet. I now know the meaning of most of the encoding on the html page, like where you can insert text, how to change the color, font, and style. This assignment was simple and followed through very nicely. I really had a fun time putting together my own web page! This assignment covers a lot about documents from a computer, from the internet, and how to encode them both to make sense.  I feel this is much different from a blog because in a blog, you are putting text right on the internet, and not creating a document on your hard drive and uploading it to the internet. It is also much more in depth. You don’t just push a button to get blue text or Times font.

~Kendra~

Unit 9 Finding Information

1.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Attorney, Law Firm Directory." Find Lawyers and Law Information – HG.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://www.hg.org/>.

Credible? This site was a .ORG site, so from knowledge, I knew that anyone could have created this website. It did seem to give very relevant information; the year was up to date, there was an about us section which identifies the company background info, and the site also included associations and publications. I really liked this site because it has current events, upcoming events and other news about the law. I believe this website has the S.P.E.C.T. of the criteria for credibility.

2.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Privacy and Security | BCP Business Center." Privacy and Security | BCP Business Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://business.ftc.gov/privacy-and-security>

Credible? I found this website as a .GOV and it seemed credible because it had links to other sources that you could also contact and read about. It was a government bureau sponsored website and included info about why they made this site, as well as about them. I would say it covers the A.S.P.E.C. of the criteria because it does not specify when this information was written, however since it is the government bureau, I would imagine that it is up to date.

3.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND law .edu

Citation: Gilbertson, Seth F., and Joseph C. Storch. "Office of General Counsel."Http://counsel.cua.edu/FERPA/publications/. N.p., 16 Dec. 2009. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://counsel.cua.edu/FERPA/publications/NACUANoteCloudContract.cfm>.

Credible? This site was a .EDU and was also the hardest to find. I found lots of sites to school websites as links but they did not cover the information needed. I finally found one that is close to what I wanted. It gives the A.S.P.E.C.T. of the criteria. There is lots of sources and coverage on the subject.

4.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND law

Citation: "Privacy Laws and Business." Privacy Laws and Business. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://www.privacylaws.com/>.

Credible? This search for .COM was definitely the easiest one. It beats the other by 8:1 per search page. Finding a credible one is the trickiest part though. I finally found one that included most of the aspect criteria. I did not find the authors but the publishers wrote about the business and why. I also found links to other sites and publishers.

Summary: I found this search to be very interesting and informative with information that can be helpful in later searches. I found that the .GOV worked the best and showed up second most but was also the most relevant on information of the aspect criteria on each site. The other search domains were a little difficult to get accurate results because it was a search on privacy and law, and usually that pertains to the government. I did learn how to evaluate a site more and completely understand what a website needs to be credible. And it is also just common sense. :)

~Kendra~

Search Websites

Name of Search Tool: Exalead

5 Search Features: blogs, advanced search, preferences, FAQ’s, about us/contacts

Name of MetaSearch Tool: Metacrawler

5 Search Features: advanced search, preferences, white and yellow pages, variety of search results from different search engines, does not use Boolean operators like (“”)

Name of Subject Directory: A1WebDirectory

5 Search Features: about us, submission guidelines (what is limited on the search), contact, topic of subject, browse by area

~Kendra~

Finding Articles

Popular Magazine:

Search Statement: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Protect Yourself Online. (Cover Story)." Consumer Reports 77.6 (2012): 22-23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: This seemed like a good article to observe because it covered part of the topic and added another good research term, online. It gives facts and data about current online usage and how identity could be affected by these things such as online payments, facebook, unidentified charges, etc. The article stood out to me because it is relevant, and gives a good report on what is trending now.

Scholarly Journal:

Search Statement: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: Hughes, Mark. "Privacy, Sexual Identity And Aged Care." Australian Journal Of Social Issues 39.4 (2004): 381-392. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: This article caught my eye because it focused on the sexual part of identity and health care. This could be posed as a research article because it is not too broad of a topic and narrows down to the problems and recent facts of privacy. To be relevant and accurate, scholarly journals need to have correct in text citation and this article is a good representation of it.

Newspaper Article:

Search Statement: privacy AND law* and identity

Citation: Eviatar, Daphne. "Defending privacy and law enforcement." Christian Science Monitor 17 Feb. 2000: 13. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: I chose this article because it really focused on protecting identity and how the government is enforcing and defending it. It may be a little older, but all the information sounds relevant to current information. The way this article defined itself from the others was the in text direct quotes and how the information was organized.

Summary: In this unit, I examined different types of articles, and how little information differs from each other making it a different kind of source. I did learn how just a little tweak in the search statement could alter results; however most of the materials for this unit were brief refreshments.

~Kendra~

Search Statements

Topic Statements Provided:

1. Does television advertising by the pharmaceutical industry have an impact on prescription drug abuse?

Revised: television and advertising and (pharma* or prescription) and drug

2. Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth?

Revised: anti-smoking and advertis* and tobacco and smok* and youth

3. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current economic problems?

Revised: similar* and “Great Depression” and current econo* and problems

4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?

Revised: breed* and dogs and therap* and pets

5. Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?

Revised: lack* and “sunspot activity” and global and warming

My Topic Statement:

1. How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?

Revised: privacy and laws and protect* and identity

OR

Privacy and laws and (protect* or identity)

OR

Privacy and laws and protecting and identi*

~Kendra~

Databases and Books

Cannell Library Book Catalog:

Search Term: Pivacy

Citation: Lankford, Ronald D. Are Privacy Rights Being Violated? Detroit: Greenhaven, 2010. Print

Subject Headings: Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Circulating or E-book: Circulating

Location and Call Number: Cannell Second Floor, JC596.2.U5 A74 2010

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

The Summit Catalog:

Search Term: Privacy

Citation: Etzioni, Amitai. The Limits of Privacy. New York: Basic, 1999. Print.

Subject Headings: Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Location and Call Number: Summit, 40150576

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

Differ: Format is different, other than that same information type.

Books 24x7:

I thought this was a pretty interesting database because a lot of information is available. There is a variety of search lists and each subject can be selected differently. I like how this database is very selective that way it narrows down search results.

Google Books:

Search Term: Privacy

Citation: Holtzman, David H. Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Print.

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

Summary:

I learned how each book record worked differently as well as how each was kind of the same. They all related to books and the different search terms. I took away that there were many kinds of references that can be used for searching a term.

~Kendra~